Changeable Hawk | 台北市立動物園資訊網

ChangeableHawk-Eagle.ScientificName:Nisaetuscirrhatus.MalayName:Helang-HindikBiasaChineseName:凤头鹰雕.Range:BreedingRange:(OR) ...

Scientific Name: Nisaetus cirrhatus

Malay Name: Helang-Hindik Biasa

Chinese Name: 凤头鹰雕

Range: Resident from the Indian subcontinent through Sundaic southeast Asia, as well as some islands in the Philippines.

Taxonomy: Polytypic. Subspecies are: limnaeetus, cirrhatus, ceylanensis, andamanensis, vanheurni.

Local Subspecies: limnaeetus

Size: 61-75 cm

Identification: Comes in a dark and pale morph. The latter has dark streaks on its underparts with strongly marked underwings. Juvenile dark morphs are typically similar to adults, while juvenile pale morphs can be told apart by their very plain white underparts. Often confused with Crested Honey Buzzard, from which it can be told apart by its proportionally bigger head, rounder wings, shorter tail and feathered tarsus (if visible).

Similar looking species: Crested Honey Buzzard[1], Jerdons Baza[2], Short-toed Snake Eagle[3], Rufous-bellied Eagle[4], Eastern Buzzard[...